Qatari money worth $7.5m distributed to Gaza citizens - report
Each family will receive $100, the station reported, and with 75,000 families set to receive the handout, a total of $7.5 million will be distributed.
By ALEX WINSTONA Palestinian Hamas-hired civil servant receives her salary paid by Qatar, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 7, 2018(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS)
Qatari envoys delivered money in suitcases to the Gaza Strip, Israeli Army Radio reported on Tuesday, paving the way for the distribution of payments to Palestinian families.Each family will receive $100, the station reported, and with 75,000 families set to receive the handout, a total of $7.5 million will be distributed.Qatari money is regularly distributed among Gaza's citizens through the post office.In July, some 60,000 families benefited from Qatari funds from the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.Khaled Abu Toameh contributed to this report.
